[Conkeror] What do you want in a JavaScript editor?

[Deniz Dogan]

I know about js2-mode and use it sometimes, but I noticed how sluggish
it got when I was editing the Conkeror source code at modules/utils.js
(specifically the end of it, if that matters). This is something which
I'm aiming for to improve in my own JavaScript-mode using the Yi
incremental parser which looks very promising.

Thanks for your input!

2009/2/14 Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls at googlemail.com>:
> I am no expert in this, but if you are dealing with a mode for
> editting javascript files, as
> opposed to something that is mixed (like html, css, javascript) you
> would be hard
> pressed to beat js2.el for emacs written by Steve Yegge.  It checks your syntax
> in real-time, because he embedded a complete js parser, it handles various
> versions of javascript, including rhino extensions etc.
>
> I have not used it enough to see if it does any form of completion,
> but it would not surprise
> me.
>
> Anyway, if you google up Steve Yegge and javascript he gives a good rundown of
> what he was up to, and of course the code is freely available.
>
> Good luck with you project.
>
> Rohan
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, everyone
>>
>> While this is not the exemplary place to ask this, I already know some
>> of you guys, and some of you know me, so I figured it would be a nice
>> place to start.
>>
>> I will be starting my MSc thesis soon in developing a JavaScript mode
>> for the Yi editor (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yi) in Haskell.
>> I'm trying to think of functionality that users are missing from other
>> editors so that I have that in the back of my head when writing this
>> mode.
>>
>> So what do you *want* in a JavaScript editor? And what are you
>> *missing* in the existing editors/modes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Deniz Dogan
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